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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier and Katie Hawkinson

Why ‘Doomsday mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell received two more life sentences — and it wasn’t for her children’s murders

Lori Vallow just had her second trial — this time in Arizona, for conspiracy to commit murder of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, pictured left, and her niece’s ex-husband Brandon Boudreaux, pictured right - (Idaho Department of Correction/Fox 10 Phoenix/The Independent)

For more than five years, the world has watched as a bizarre saga unfolded – starting with a frantic search for Lori Vallow Daybell’s children, the tragic discovery of their bodies buried in her new husband’s backyard, and ultimately, her conviction.

The so-called “doomsday cult mom,” 52, is serving life sentences in Idaho for killing two of her children in 2019. She was sentenced again on Friday to two life sentences with the possibility of parole on separate conspiracy to commit murder charges in Arizona.

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